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Three children and the woman were found with stab wounds on a road in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon.
New South Wales
Police allege mother behind Blue Mountains stabbing attack on three children that left one dead
Australian foreign affairs minister Penny Wong at the UN headquarters in New York
News live
Wong speaks to Palestinian foreign minister about Gaza; Coalition defends plan to reduce First Nations content in schools
A honeybee on a flower
Queensland
More than 800,000 bees stolen across far north Queensland in ‘sophisticated’ operation
Composite, Pauline Hanson and James Ashbry.
Exclusive
One Nation-linked company built $56,000 shed on private property of Pauline Hanson’s right-hand man
Prime minister Anthony Albanese
United Nations
Albanese launches bid for UN security council seat and names former Murdoch aide to top diplomatic post
 
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In focus

Smartphone payment with credit card reader machine at a cafe. Posed by models
Explainer
Australians will no longer be hit with card surcharges from 1 October. What will the ban mean for you?
quote  Can Trump and Xi cooperate to guide humanity through the AI revolution? Humanity might depend on it
Alan Finkel
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Sport

Charlie Cameron celebrates a goal with Levi Ashcroft
AFL
Was Hawthorn v Brisbane the best game of Australian rules football ever played?
Cricket
Ellis pulls off last-over heist for Australia to deny Zimbabwe consolation win
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Culture & lifestyle

Céline Dion appears via videolink at the John Farnham tribute concert at Rod Laver Arena
John Farnham
John Farnham tribute: Céline Dion, Chris Martin and Hugh Jackman honour ‘living legend’ at livestreamed concert
Kindness of strangers
The kindness of strangers: I was a ball of stress taking my four children on an international flight – then a passenger tucked a blanket around my sleeping son
Guardian Australia's headline act
‘It’s been work to not go crazy’: Way Dynamic, the Australian folk-pop musician with fans including Elton John
Australian theatre
Spamalot review – Monty Python’s elaborate musical piss-take has absurdity but not quite enough anarchy
★★★☆☆
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Opinion

A man eating from a tray while looking at his phone. In the backgrounds hands are passing a plate to another person
Making sense of it
quote  Hungry for connection? This is what we lose when we stop eating together
Shadi Khan Saif
quote  Australia has done precious little to prepare for the dangers of AI. Where is brilliant leadership when you need it?
Zoe Daniel
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